AU_MIc_M-dwarf_artist's_conception.jpg


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English: Illustration depicting AU Mic, an M-type red dwarf star less than 0.6% the age of our Sun. The dark areas represent huge sunspot-like regions that helped complicate the search for planets. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA)
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Source https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13648
Author NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Chris Smith (USRA): Lead Producer

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Illustration depicting AU Mic, an M-type red dwarf star less than 0.7% the age of our Sun. The dark areas represent huge sunspot-like regions.

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